Chishills issues
Great Chishill village website: www.greatchishill.org.uk.
Village groups
If you run a village group and would like help advertising an event or recruiting volunteer helpers, please let Susan know and she would be glad to include a few lines in her monthly community e-newsletter.
A505 Flint Cross remedial works
After a wait of many years, Highways is due to implement remedial works to this stretch of road. With a budget of only £100K, traffic lights and roundabouts cannot be considered; the scheme will introduce ‘discipline’ by eliminating ambiguous slip roads, installing clear indications for the flow of traffic, and hopefully introducing a 50MPH speed limit. If you’d like to see a copy of the plan, this is available from the parish council. We understand that works are to begin in March 2010.
Police issues: make your views known
If you have concerns about any police-related matter in the village, please try to come along to the next meeting of the Neighbourhood Police Panel, where our local police team listens to residents and councillors from each village to form a to-do list. Hearing directly from residents offers the best chance of a clear picture of what needs doing. The next meeting is scheduled for April 20, 7:30, Foxton Village Hall.
E-cops
If you would like to be kept abreast of police activity and initiatives for our area, or get in touch with your own concerns, you can sign up to E-cops - an email service which is proving very successful. To sign up, please visit www.cambs.police.uk/signup/ecops.
Library service
The closest library service to the Chishills is the Melbourn Library Access Point, located in the portacabin adjacent to the Village College in The Moor, off the High Street. You can order books and other materials on line and ask to collect them at Melbourn, which is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 2:30-4:30, Thursday 5-7, and Saturday 10-12. The library is staffed entirely by volunteers - and is always looking for new helpers! Please get in touch with Susan (tel 261833 or susanvandeven@yahoo.co.uk) if you have any questions.
Royston and District Community Transport scheme
If you are elderly or mobility impaired, and need lifts to the doctor’s or to get shopping done, you could benefit from the Royston and District Community Transport scheme.
A fleet of volunteer drivers donate their time free of charge. Passengers contribute 45 pence per mile; the minimum charge is £3.50 per journey. The scheme also operates a wheelchair-accessible 12/16 seat minibus and a four-six seat Multi-Purpose Vehicle.
The service can be used for health care appointments, day centres, special needs clubs, social purposes and shopping.
If you require a lift - or would like to volunteer as a driver - please text or phone 01763-245228 between 9AM and 3PM Monday to Friday; an answer phone will take a message if the phone is unmanned. (Please don’t be put off by the answer phone - it does get checked regularly!) You can also email the service at rct1@totalise.co.uk.
